my hometown
...ion Nanjing, we may first think of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum. It is situated on the southern slope of the Purple Gold Mountain in the eastern suburb of Nanjing. The remains of Dr. Sun, who was a pioneer of Chinese democratic revolution was buried here on June 1, 1929. The mausoleum, shaped like an alarm bell, is built at the foot of the mountain. A feeling of respect may be aroused when climbing by the steps. Then we may occur to Nanjing Confucius Temple,it located on the north bank of the Qinhuai river, is the holy shrine of Confucius, the outstanding ancient Chinese philosopher and thinker. The temple was first built in the Song dynasty. The Confucius Temple-centric area is a famous river scenery resort in Nanjing. Over the past 1800 years, it has remained one of most prosperous places of Najing, and rated as one of the top 40 tourist attractions in 1990. Nanjing is also one of the four concentrated areas of tertiary education in China. Now the city has 37 general universities and colleges, with nearly 300,000 undergraduate students, 25,000 post-graduate studen...